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Zimbabwe Arrests Official After Boat Sinking That Killed 97

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:45:03 +0000

Zimbabwe Arrests Official After Boat Sinking That Killed 97 Zimbabwe police said Wednesday they had arrested a district official on criminal charges of culpable homicide after the sinking of a government-run ferry that claimed at least 97 lives. The ageing and overloaded passenger ferry, a vital transport link for rural communities, capsized in bad […]

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Opposition Figure Arrested In Zimbabwe

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:30:44 +0000

Opposition Figure Arrested In Zimbabwe A major Zimbabwean opposition figure and former minister who is contesting a constitutional change that would extend the mandate of President Emmerson Mnangagwa was arrested Saturday, his party said. The southern African country’s government, which has been led by the Zanu-PF party since gaining independence 45 years ago, launched […]

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Top Human Rights Lawyers Arrested In Zimbabwe

Kazeem Tunde — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:03:02 +0000

Top Human Rights Lawyers Arrested In Zimbabwe By AFP Two Zimbabwean rights lawyers appeared in court on Tuesday on charges of preventing police from questioning their clients, two opposition members who had been allegedly abducted and tortured, sources said. Police arrested lawyers Douglas Coltart and Tapiwa Muchineripi in a Harare hospital when they objected to their […]

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Zimbabwe Loses 2 More Ministers To COVID-19

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 11:09:34 +0000

Zimbabwe Loses 2 More Ministers To COVID-19 Two ministers serving in the Zimbabwean government died of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) within a matter of days, prompting the country to announce on Saturday plans to further tighten lockdown measures. Late on Friday, the government announced that Transport Minister Joel Matiza had died after falling ill with […]

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Capitol Hill Invasion: You Have No Moral Right To Punish Another Nation — Zimbabwe President Tells U.S

Kazeem Tunde — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:13:01 +0000

Capitol Hill Invasion: You Have No Moral Right To Punish Another Nation — Zimbabwe President Tells U.S President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the United State of America to withdraw sanctions it placed on his country saying the events that followed the recent presidential election shows that they no longer have the […]

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Zimbabwe Court Says Military Takeover Was Legal

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:12:51 +0000

Zimbabwe Court Says Military Takeover Was Legal A Zimbabwe High Court has ruled that the military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe’s ousting was legal, raising immediate concerns about judicial independence under the country’s new administration. Army chiefs put military vehicles on the streets of Harare and placed veteran leader Mugabe, 93, under house arrest, […]

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Zimbabweans Celebrate Expected Fall Of Mugabe On Harare Streets

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 13:40:35 +0000

Zimbabweans Celebrate Expected Fall Of Mugabe On Harare Streets Thousands of Zimbabweans flooded the streets of Harare on Saturday, waving national flags and singing and dancing in an outpouring of elation at the expected fall of President Robert Mugabe. “These are tears of joy,” Frank Mutsindikwa, 34, told Reuters, holding aloft the Zimbabwean flag. “I’ve […]

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